how a lobster trap works

Data:2014/10/13

A lobster will enter through the net head to go after the bait in a bait bag placed in the kitchen. When it tries to exit it lands in the bedroom or parlor. Some lobster traps have more than one kitchen and bedroom. Traps are required to have an escape vent that is large enough to let all but the legal size lobsters escape. Traps also are equipped with runners that help prevent legs, claws and antennae from being pinched between the bottom of the trap and the boat when the traps are hauled. Most areas also require traps to have a biodegradable ghost panel. This panel will eventually degrade and release, allowing a large space for lobsters to escape from ghost traps (those that have broken free of their buoy lines and are therefore unretrieveable).